In the sustainable home building industry, many prospective homeowners want to make environmentally friendly choices, but struggle to make sense of a building industry that labels every house framing ...

I started building a small deck last year and I had to drive a few dozen 3½-inch framing nails into tight-grained lumber.

Wray Emerson has resolved to give his wife Sandra and three kids a new house this new year. “My wife keeps asking me when it’s going to be ready,” he says, laughing. Sandra’s patience may be wearing ...

Peoples' Self-Help Housing hosted a "Frame It Up" house framing competition Monday morning at their construction site in Atascadero, with four teams taking part in the friendly competition.